How to Install and Uninstall dpkg Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "dpkg" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dpkg on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dpkg
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dpkg" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dpkg on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dpkg
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dpkg package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dpkg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.9ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6747
Pre-Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.33), liblzma5 (>= 5.2.2), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Depends: tar (>= 1.28-1)
Suggests: apt, debsig-verify
Breaks: libapt-pkg5.0 (<< 1.7~b), lsb-base (<< 10.2019031300)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.20.9ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1267828
MD5sum: 32859993a7fbe60c9c084a7a0ee8cafa
SHA1: 3d8d5154e7addce849d4dffb9273032684e5ba36
SHA256: d3b211c9847b515961c40c33658c3ac9e47f95c72d14f415354e94f752cab741
SHA512: 0aa088239342360ad33945f13a938e431607755d1f4b667ff223c87fedfd4272e5ce55f20c77f532a8bc504294aa75b4a8d3ede758b3f1b6fb61c2a5ae58d6c5
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Description-en: Debian package management system
This package provides the low-level infrastructure for handling the
installation and removal of Debian software packages.
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For Debian package development tools, install dpkg-dev.
Description-md5: 2f156c6a30cc39895ad3487111e8c190
Task: minimal, server-minimal